Reviews by Title
Abbey Hayes: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining by Anne Mazer
Adaptation by Melinda Lo
Adoption: The Ultimate Teen Guide by Suzanne Buckingham Slade
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Absolute Value of Mike by Kathryn Erskine
Accidental Witch by Anne Mazer
Amanda Greenleaf: The Complete Adventures by Ed Kavanagh
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Amiri and Odette by Walter Dean Myers
The Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
Annie’s World by Daniel Wright
Arch Enemy by Frank Beddor
A “2” Z Just “4” Me by Eva Keefe
Baby Mouse The Musical by Jennifer and Matt Holm
Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein
Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Behind Green Glass by Amanda von Hoffman
Beyond Mayfield by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson
Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce
Bird & Squirrel on the Run by James Burks
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
Black Heart by Holly Black
Blood Red Ochre by Kevin Major
Bodies from the Bog by James Deem
Bog Bodies by Charlotte Wilcox
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Boyfriend from Hell by E. Van Lowe
Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming (reviewed by Andy)
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Broomsticks by Parker, Katie McHugh and McHugh, Sean
The Brotherhood of Dwarves by D.A. Adams
Catch Me Once, Catch Me Twice by Janet McNaughton
The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Catching the Moon by Crystal Hubbard
Celandine by Steve Augarde
Charlotte of Miles Station by Deborah Heal
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (reviewed by Andy)
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac (reviewed by Andy)
C is for Cornhusker, Husker Numbers by Rajean Shepherd (reviewed by students)
Christmas in the Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Creature Features by Tim Rowland
Crewel by Gennifer Albin
Coyote Winds by Helen Sedwick
Danny Dunn by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin (reviewed by Andy)
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
Dear Author, letters collected by READ Magazine
Dear Dumb Diary: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jim Benton
Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves by E. Kristen Anderson and Miranda Kenneally (Editors)
Desperate Dog by Eileen Christelow
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Dizzy Miss Lizzie by R.M. Clark
Do-It-Yourself Magic by Ruth Chew
A Dog’s Way Home by Bobbie Pyron
Don’t Call Me Marda by Sheila Kelly Welch
Dork Diaries: Tales from My Not So Fabulous Life by Rachel Russell
Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin
Early Bird by Nigel Gray
Eloise by Kay Thompson
Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery (reviewed in Round-Ups)
Emily Climbs by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Emily’s Quest by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott
Every Hill and Mountain by Deborah Heal
FADE by Lisa McMann
The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
Fight for Freedom by Stan Mack and Susan Champlin
Fish by Gregory Mone
Flawed Dogs: The Picture Book by Berkeley Breathed
Flawed Dogs: The Novel by Berkeley Breathed
Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott
Forbidden Mind by Kimberly Kinrade
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
The Friendship by Mildred Taylor
Fuddles by Fran Vischer
Gaffer by Kevin Major
Ginnie West Adventure: The Secret Sisters Club by Monique Bucheger
Ginnie West Adventure: Trouble Blows West by Monique Bucheger
Girl vs. Ghost by Kate McMurry and Marie August
A Girl with a Dream by Eva Keefe
Girls Don’t Take Karate by Susan Sweenie
The Glass Collector by Anna Perera
GONE by Lisa McMann
Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine (reviewed by Andy)
The High King by Lloyd Alexander
Good Enough by Paula Yoo
Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue by Heidi Smith Hyde
Fangbone: The Birthday Party of Dread by Michael Rex
Fighting for Dontae by Mike Castan
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Hating Heidi Foster by Jeffrey Blount
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
The Herd Boy by Niki Daly
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Hijab Boutique by Michelle Khan
Hold Fast by Kevin Majors
Holding Up the Earth by Dianne Gray
Horace by Holly Keller
A Horse for All Seasons by Sheila Kelly Welch
The House without a Christmas Tree by Gail Rock
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Hurrah for Amanda and Her Alligator by Mo Williams
I Love Saturdays y domingos by Alma Flor Ada
I Love Saturdays y domingos by Alma Flor Ada (reviewed by Andy)
If Only You Knew by Mags Storey
If You’re So Smart, How Come You Can’t Spell Mississippi? by Barbara Esham
In Care of Cassie Tucker by Ivy Ruckman
In His Steps by Charles Monroe Sheldon
Is that Your Sister? by Catherine and Sherry Bunin
It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
The Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz by Laura Toffler-Corrie
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Jimmy the Greatest by Jairo Buitrago
The Journey Home by Mike McCarthy
Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
Just Kids by Ellen Senisi
Just One Friend by Lynn Hall
The Language of Goldfish by Zibby O’Neal
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
Last to Finish: A Story about the Smartest Boy in Class by Barbara Esham
Legends of Zita the Space Girl by Ben Hatke
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor
Let’s Talk About It: Adoption by Fred Rogers
Libby on Wednesday by Zilpha Keatley Synder
Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia
Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury
The Lost Saint by Bree Despain
Mad About Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Major Taylor Champion Cyclist by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Deedy
The Matatu by Eric Walters
The Meerkat Wars by H.S. Toshack
Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rockcliff
Meet the Austins by Madeleine L’Engle
Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have the Wiggle Fidgets by Barbara Esham
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Monkey King by Wei Dong Chen
Moon by Night by Madeleine L’Engle
Monster in the Hollows by Andrew Peterson
A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
Mustang Wild Spirit of the West by Marguerite Henry
My Antonia by Willa Cather
My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison
My Thirteenth Winter by Samantha Abeel
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Stewart
Mythical Voyage: Voyage of the White Ponca by Robin Ymer
The New Fairy Tales Anthology by Aurora Wolf
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Nine Lives of Travis Keating by Jill McLean
Nine-Tail Fox by Camille Picott
95 Pounds of Hope by Anna Gavalda
Nobody Knows by Shelley Tanaka
No Laughter Here by Rita Williams-Garcia
No Man’s Land by Kevin Major
North or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
On the Edge of the Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
145th Street by Walter Dean Myers
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town by Warren St. John
The Oxboy by Anne Mazer
Paddington Here And Now by Michael Bond
The Paper House by Lois Peterson
A Part to Play by Jennifer Fry
Pieces of Me: Voices by and for Adopted Teens by Robert L. Ballard (editor)
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Pippi on Board by Astrid Lindgren
Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
Pippi on the Run by Astrid Lindgren
President Adams’ Alligator and Other White House Pets by Peter and Cheryl Barnes
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith
Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Probabably Still Nick Swanson by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Purple Princess Wins The Prize by Alyssa Crowne
Queenie Peavy by Robert Burch
Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
Raggedy Chan by Camille Picott
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Rascal by Sterling North
Redheart by Jackie Gamber
Red Glove by Holly Black
The Ring by Bobbie Pyron
Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle
Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes
Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes (reviewed by Andy)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Room Made of Windows by Eleanor Cameron
Saint Louis Armstrong Beach by Brenda Woods
Saltbox Sweater by Jill McNaughton
Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan
Savage Grace by Bree Despain
Scary School by Derek Taylor Kent
School of Wizardry by Debra Doyle and James MacDonald
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
The Secret of the Fortune Wookie by Tom Angleberger
Shark King by Kikuo Johnson
Sister Freaks by Rebecca St. James
Sister Magic by Anne Mazer
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
Skeleton Man (reviewed by Andy)
Skins, Scales, Feathers, and Furs by Mark Rauzon (reviewed by students)
Slam Dunk Basketball by Bobbie Kalman and John Crossingham (reviewed by students)
A Sky Black with Crows by Alice Walsh
The Sloppy Copy Slipup by DyAnne DiSavlo
Snakes by Sandra Markle (reviewed by students)
The Snow-Blew Inn by Dian Curtis Regan
Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor
Space Carnival: The Story Behind Our Space Trips by Lee Mountain (reviewed by Andy)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Stacey Coolidge’s Fancy-Smancy Cursive Handwriting by Barbara Esham
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught her to Fly by Luis Sepulved
Sulan by Camille Picott
Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander
Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure by Naomi Rose
Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
Testing the Ice by Sharon Robinson
Things Your Dog Doesn’t Want You to Know by Hy Conrad and Jeff Johnson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (reviewed by Andy)
Together Apart by Dianne Grey
Tough Winter by Robert Lawson
Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting
Transcendent by Robot Playground
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Troubling A Star by Madeleine L’Engle
Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Levine
Unclaimed Legacy by Deborah Heal
Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Unlocked by Robot Playground
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Up A Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
The Upside of Ordinary by Susan Lubner
The Various by Steve Augarde
Waiting to Forget by Sheila Kelly Welch
WAKE by Lisa McMann
Watch for the Raven by Billie Williams
We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Linda Walvoord Girard
What Do Authors Do? by Eileen Christelow
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
What’s Wrong with Me? by Daree Allen
What’s Your Story? by Marion Bauer
When the Circus Comes to Town by Lawrence Yep
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
White Cat by Holly Black
The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes
Wild Things by Clay Carmichael
Winter Wood by Steve Augarde
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Woodrow for President by Peter and Cheryl Barnes
Woodrow the White House Mouse by Peter and Cheryl Barnes
The Word for Home by Joan Clark
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
Write Your Own Story by Vivian Dubrovin
Writing Magic by Gail Levine
Writing Mysteries, Movies, Monster Stories, and More by Nancy Bentley and Donna Guthrie
XIsle by Steve Augarde
Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
Year of the Rat by Grace Lin
Zoozical by Judy Sierra
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